Victim of double homicide was long-time Ottawa Citizen reporter

Dave Rogers is shown in an Ottawa Citizen handout photo. A 22-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder after his parents were found dead at a home in Ottawa on Monday night. The Citizen says Dave Rogers was a reporter with the paper from the early 1970s until 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Ottawa Citizen-Wayne Cuddington

The Canadian Press
Published Tuesday, November 29, 2016 9:36AM EST
Last Updated Tuesday, November 29, 2016 1:37PM EST

OTTAWA -- A 22-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder after his parents were found dead at a home in Ottawa on Monday night.

Police in Montreal said they alerted the Ottawa force after a man called 911 and allegedly confessed to killing his parents a few days earlier.

Ottawa police say information received from the Montreal force Monday evening prompted officers to check on the residents of a home in the city.

The Ottawa Citizen says Dave Rogers was a reporter with the paper from the early 1970s until 2010.

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A police cruiser and police tape surround a home in Ottawa, Tuesday, November 29, 2016. A 22-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder after his parents were found dead at the home on Monday night. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand